I have been diagnosed with Hep B and Liver Cirrhosis stage 3. I was earlier diagnosed with HEP B and was under treatment for the past 3 months. I have been put on Pegasys and now my doc wants to add tenofovir. Today I got a Fibroscan done and the test result showed that I have stage 3 cirrhosis.
Do you think continuing my hep medications will have any adverse effect on my liver and the cirrhosis?

I am afraid you are mistaken. You do NOT have cirrhosis if the liver. Cirrhosis is stage 4 liver disease. You have stage 3 liver disease. Lesser liver damage.

Yes, if you control your hepatitis B you should be able to stop the progression of your liver disease. Your should focus on this as cirrhosis is a very serious and sometimes fatal disease. The more your liver disease progresses the more ill you will become.

Since you have hepatitis B you should be screened every 6 months for liver cancer. Patients with hepatitis B have a high risk of developing liver cancer (HCC). Liver cancer if not caught early by screening is a particularly deadly cancer. Something you don't even want to experience. I have liver cancer and it is the most difficult thing I have ever faced. I will need a transplant in the next year to remain alive.

I am afraid you are mistaken. You do NOT have cirrhosis if the liver. Cirrhosis is stage 4 liver disease. You have stage 3 liver disease. Lesser liver damage.

Yes, if you control your hepatitis B you should be able to stop the progression of your liver disease. Your should focus on this as cirrhosis is a very serious and sometimes fatal disease. The more your liver disease progresses the more ill you will become.

Since you have hepatitis B you should be screened every 6 months for liver cancer. Patients with hepatitis B have a high risk of developing liver cancer (HCC). Liver cancer if not caught early by screening is a particularly deadly cancer. Something you don't even want to experience. I have liver cancer and it is the most difficult thing I have ever faced. I will need a transplant in the next year to remain alive.

Hi there...this is something I had bookmarked due my husband getting a diagnosis of Hep C and finding out about his liver damage...it is a helpful tool when it comes to understanding the progression, stages, and grading systems used to determine the level of liver damage a person has based on their tests and scans and biopsy results...taken from the" Hepatitis C New Drug Research" site...

A person has to be at least Stage B or Stage C, in order to get referred for an "Evaluation" for a chance at the liver transplant waiting list. (Stage A Cirrhosis is not sick enough to think about a referral for an evaluation).

CTP scores and MELD scores are two completely different things.

MELD scores are use for allocation of donor livers

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Hope this helps. There may be other info out there I am not aware of, but this helped me.

Hi there...this is something I had bookmarked due my husband getting a diagnosis of Hep C and finding out about his liver damage...it is a helpful tool when it comes to understanding the progression, stages, and grading systems used to determine the level of liver damage a person has based on their tests and scans and biopsy results...taken from the" Hepatitis C New Drug Research" site...

A person has to be at least Stage B or Stage C, in order to get referred for an "Evaluation" for a chance at the liver transplant waiting list. (Stage A Cirrhosis is not sick enough to think about a referral for an evaluation).

CTP scores and MELD scores are two completely different things.

MELD scores are use for allocation of donor livers

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Hope this helps. There may be other info out there I am not aware of, but this helped me.

Sorry, I see that you have hep B, not sure if this still all applies the same with the info I posted previous...I'm still learning, but I know that chronic B and C Hep have a lot of similarities in diagnosis and prognosis when it comes to liver damage...there are others here with a lot more experience to explain if I have made an error, but as far as I know the staging/grading of liver disease in either case is the same.

Sorry, I see that you have hep B, not sure if this still all applies the same with the info I posted previous...I'm still learning, but I know that chronic B and C Hep have a lot of similarities in diagnosis and prognosis when it comes to liver damage...there are others here with a lot more experience to explain if I have made an error, but as far as I know the staging/grading of liver disease in either case is the same.

I have been diagnosed with Hep B and Liver Cirrhosis stage 3. I was earlier diagnosed with HEP B and was under treatment for the past 3 months. I have been put on Pegasys and now my doc wants to add tenofovir. Today I got a Fibroscan done and the test result showed that I have stage 3 cirrhosis.
Do you think continuing my hep medications will have any adverse effect on my liver and the cirrhosis?

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